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Vanessa Paradis

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Vanessa Paradis

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Also known as Vanessa Chantal Paradis

French singer, model and actress

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Vanessa Paradis is a French singer, actor, model, and fashion model born on December 22, 1972, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. She performs in the genres of pop music, new age music, pop rock, and indie pop, utilizing her voice and guitar. Her musical career is associated with the record label Barclay. In addition to her music, she has worked in acting, for which she was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress.

Paradis has received several honors, including the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, the Prix Romy Schneider, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, and a César Award. She is a citizen of France and speaks French and English. She was educated at Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV.

Her personal life includes two children, one of whom is Lily-Rose Depp. She has had relationships with Florent Pagny, Johnny Depp, Lenny Kravitz, and Stanislas Merhar. Her sibling is Alysson Paradis.

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Acting · Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France

Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's highest honours as both a singer and an actress with the Prix Romy Schneider and the César Award for Most Promising Actress for Jean-Claude Brisseau's Noce Blanche, as…

Known for

  • Out of Control — Anaëlle2025
  • Class Reunion — Anne2025
  • Karl — Self2025
  • Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Vanessa Paradis, la soirée — Self2025
  • Jane Birkin by Friends — Self2024
  • Étienne Daho Show — Self2024
  • Juniors — Véronique (la mère de Jordan)2023
  • Killing Blues — Marianne2023
  • L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
France
Active from
1972

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
629,028
Total plays
8,036,981

Tags

frenchpopfemale vocalistschanson francaisefrench pop

Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France) is a French singer and actress. She was discovered on the TV show L'École des fans in 1980. She recorded her first single La Magie des surprises-parties in 1985. Although it was not a hit, it paved the way for the song with which she would become internationally famous - "Joe le taxi" in 1987, while she was still only 14 years old. It was #1 in France for 11 weeks and <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Vanessa+P

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language

    · 2004 · cited 10,949x

  2. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

    · 2020 · cited 10,215x

  3. ape 5.0: an environment for modern phylogenetics and evolutionary analyses in R

    · 2018 · cited 8,778x

  4. The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    · 2018 · cited 7,380x

  5. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2021 · cited 6,844x

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Encyclopedic overview

Vanessa Chantal Paradis ( French pronunciation: [vanɛsa ʃɑ̃tal paʁadi]; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis first achieved acclaim at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's highest honours as both a singer and an actress with the Prix Romy Schneider and the César Award for Most Promising Actress for Jean-Claude Brisseau's Noce Blanche, as well as the Victoires de la Musique for Best Female Singer for her album Variations sur le même t'aime.

Her most notable films also include Élisa (1995) alongside Gérard Depardieu, Witch Way Love (1997) opposite Jean Reno, Une chance sur deux (1998) co-starring with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, Girl on the Bridge (1999), Heartbreaker (2010) and Café de Flore (2011). Her tribute to Jeanne Moreau at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival during which they sang in duet "Le Tourbillon" became notable in French popular culture. In 2022, she was nominated for the Molière Award for Best Actress for her performance in the play Maman.

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